"Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is put out of sight! Yes, what joy for those whose record the Lord has cleared of guilt, whose lives are lived in complete honesty! When I refused to confess my sin, my body wasted away, and I groaned all day long. Day and night your hand of discipline was heavy on me. My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat."
Oh how I could have easily penned the above words
But thanks goes to
David
whom God said, ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart. He will do everything I want him to do. Acts 13:22
David
A man after God's own heart
A man who will do everything that God wants him to do...
Hmm...
Like
sleep with another man's wife
then kill the man
because she was pregnant with
David's child?
Hmm...
David
A man after God's own heart
Guilty as Charged~
Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love. Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins. Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin. Psalm 51: 1-2 David
A man after God's own heart
Guilty as Charged
Because
I recognize my rebellion; it haunts me day and night. Against you, and you alone, have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. You will be proved right in what you say, and your judgment against me is just. Psalm 51:3-4
David
A man after God's own heart
Guilty as Charged
Because
He brought his
Guilt
before the
One Who
says
Not Guilty~
blamelessness, innocence, godliness, righteousness, sinlessness
Hmm..
sounds pretty good
even if
David did what he did.
Even if
I did _________
or
do __________
or
You did _____________
or
do _______________.
Not Guilty
when
I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide my guilt. I said to myself, “I will confess my rebellion to the Lord.” And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone. Psalm 32:1-5
David
A man after God's own heart
Guilty as Charged
because he will not do everything God tells him to do
but
will do the one thing that
Not Guilty
making him
A man after God's own heart.
Not Guilty~
You
&
Me
To be called
one who is after God's own heart
Guilty as Charged
the moment
we receive
God's heart~
His Son
and
I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide my guilt.
Just like David
Just like the Prodigal
"Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you,
and I am no longer worthy of being called your son".
But
his father said to the servants, ‘Quick! Bring the finest robe in the house and put it on him. Get a ring for his finger and sandals for his feet. And kill the calf we have been fattening. We must celebrate with a feast,
for this son of mine was dead and has now returned to life,
he was lost, but now he is found. Luke 15
David
Not Guilty
The Prodigal
Not Guilty
You
Not Guilty
Me
Not Guilty
Let's
Put On
Not Guilty
and
"confess my rebellion to the Lord” and
Be found
Forgiven~
Guilty as Charged!